What would Mum say?
I HAVE recently reread Blake Morrison’s award-winning 1993 memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? and am reminded once again of our parallel lives. The book begins in the early … Continue readingWhat would Mum say?
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Fanfare For The Common Man
The full seven-minute version recorded, for some reason, in an empty stadium in the freezing cold.
Rory Gallagher: Shit Kicker
Fabulous rocker from Ireland’s finest, live in Montreux 1979.
Bridget St John: Nice/Long Long Time
Fabulous clip from a 1972 Whistle Test. The first song is from her album Thank You For while the second didn’t yet have a title having been written only the … Continue readingBridget St John: Nice/Long Long Time
Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine
Never knowingly underplayed, old Waitsy lets rip.
Ralph McTell: Old Brown Dog
This was the only version I could find of McTell’s beautiful song from the album You Well Meaning Brought Me Here. It’s for our lovely Young Brown Dog who is … Continue readingRalph McTell: Old Brown Dog
Farewell, old friend
RECENTLY I have lost a friend who has stood beside me for almost half a century. His name is Old Bob and he is a bottled beer. Bob originated at … Continue readingFarewell, old friend
Happy End: Kaze wo Atsumete
Funny how a Japanese band singing in their own language can sound so like Western rock. From their classic and hugely hard-to-find 1971 album Kazemachi Roman.
Merle Haggard: Sing Me Back Home
‘The Burritos’ take on this classic 60s prison song didn’t see the light of day until the 1976 LP Sleepless Nights.’ And that concludes our friend Matt’s latest country series. … Continue readingMerle Haggard: Sing Me Back Home
George Jones and Gene Pitney: That’s All It Took
‘Emmylou took the Pitney part when she and Gram sang this duet on the GP album.’